Table 2.
Mean scores (standard deviations) based on cluster membership or comparison group (clustering variables)
| Cluster 1 (n = 40) | Cluster 2 (n = 20) | Cluster 3 (n = 31) | Cluster 4 (n = 32) | F (3,119) | Comparison group (n = 123) | F (4,241) | |
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| Abuse-related variables | |||||||
| Abuse severity | |||||||
| Severe | 40%b | 75%a | 90%a | 63%a,b | 9.09 | ||
| Moderate | 45% | 25% | 10% | 34% | |||
| Less severe | 15% | 0% | 0% | 3% | |||
| Perpetrator identity | |||||||
| Immediate family | 65%a | 50%a | 45%a | 19%b | 10.31 | ||
| Extended family | 20% | 20% | 16% | 16% | |||
| Known perpetrator | 15% | 30% | 39% | 47% | |||
| Unknown | 0% | 0% | 0% | 19% | |||
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| Family context | |||||||
| Cohesion | 7.89 (1.36)b | 7.75 (1.52)b | 6.13 (2.90)a | 7.47 (1.52)b | 5.56 | 7.67 (1.81) 3 | 4.92 |
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| Coping strategies | |||||||
| Problem solving | 13.90 (3.80)a | 17.50 (2.59)c | 16.26 (2.71)b,c | 15.15 (3.44)a,b | 6.31 | 15.82 (2.90) 1 | 5.59 |
| Internalizing | 10.50 (3.22)b | 7.00 (2.53)a | 12.84 (3.89)b | 10.74 (3.80)b | 11.53 | 10.74 (3.63) 2,3 | 8.27 |
| Externalizing | 8.83 (3.64)b | 4.80 (1.32)a | 10.39 (4.22)b | 6.68 (3.47)b | 10.56 | 6.68 (3.44) 1,3 | 12.17 |
| Distancing | 8.65 (3.05)b | 6.05 (1.91)a | 12.65 (4.23)c | 8.23 (3.29)b | 17.61 | 8.23 (3.55) 2,3 | 14.64 |
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| Children adjustment | |||||||
| Anxiety | 68.52 (8.48)b | 60.35 (6.36)a | 70.52 (12.17)b | 55.09 (6.79)a | 20.72 | 57.38 (7.77) 1,3 | 27.94 |
| Thought problems | 61.85 (7.21)b | 60.50 (7.49)b | 69.45 (6.95)c | 54.75 (5.50)a | 24.87 | 55.92 (6.88) 1,2,3 | 29.39 |
| Somatization | 60.63 (8.35)b | 55.20 (5.23)a | 61.68 (7.95)b | 54.43 (4.37)a | 8.58 | 55.57 (6.30) 1,3 | 9.84 |
| Sexualized behavior | 60.87 (10.63)b | 53.85 (6.95)a | 69.42 (11.68)c | 58.69 (8.61)a,b | 11.44 | 54.41 (7.32) 1,3 | 20.91 |
| Aggressive behavior | 65.65 (9.73)b | 57.00 (7.67)a | 73.32 (10.73)c | 55.62 (6.47)a | 25.05 | 55.61 (7.57) 1,3 | 36.11 |
Note. All Fs significant (p<0.05). Scores with the same subscript are not significantly different from each other but are significantly different with different subscripts (p<0.05).